Pinner: Ex-rabbi sentenced for indecent images of children

A former rabbi from north London has been sentenced after he was found in possession of hundreds of indecent images of children.

On Wednesday, at Amersham Crown Court, Yuval Keren, 56, from Pinner was handed a suspended sentence of 20 months.

An investigation was launched into Keren after Dropbox said he was uploading suspicious images, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.

He will spend 10 years on the Sex Offenders Register.

The NCA said officers arrested Keren at his home address.

They found 1,694 indecent images of children on his devices, of which 189 were the most extreme in category A.

The images dated back to 2010, and indicated that Keren had accessed content repeatedly over the past 13 years.

Holly Triggs, NCA operations manager, said the images showed the "horrific abuse of children".

"The NCA is committed to protecting children and ensuring that individuals who collect this material, and create a demand for abuse content, are held to account," she said.

Keren pleaded guilty to five charges on 11 October.

He was suspended from his post immediately following his arrest, and no longer holds a position within the Liberal Judaism faith, the NCA said.

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